shrine
part of speech
noun (shrines)
meaning for a pupil
A shrine is a holy place, often a small chapel or a tomb, where people go to pray or to honour a saint or god. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the mystic school: In note 14 a shrine was built wherever Isis found a piece of Osiris, so Egypt filled with places each holding a part of the whole. In the primary lessons: in the tales a holy place where pilgrims come to pray or leave gifts, often a small chapel in the woods or on a mountain.
examples
- Wherever she found one, a shrine was built, and so Egypt filled with places that each held a part of the whole. (note 14) tree →
- The fourteenth note retells an Egyptian myth: Set, the brother who wanted the throne, killed Osiris, cut him into fourteen pieces and scattered them along the Nile so nobody could put the god back together. Isis, his wife, searched the river from the delta to the cataracts, and wherever she found a piece a shrine was built. (lesson 026) tree →
- The note says wherever a piece was found a shrine was built, so Egypt filled with places that each held a part of the whole. (lesson 026) tree →
- We visited the shrine to pray. tree →
- The hermit lived near a small shrine. tree →
- People left flowers at the shrine. tree →
note
nothing for maths
Trees and pragmatics
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